Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden KnightsJan 7, 2027

Time TBDThursday, Jan 7, 2027

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

Edge: VGK +2.2 pts

MINaway−2.1 pts

1 day rest · 354 km travel

Backup likely (52%) −2.1 pts
1 day rest vs 2 days rest

VGKhome+2.2 pts

2 days rest · 979 km travel · -1 h

MIN backup likely (52%) +2.2 pts
2 days rest vs 1 day rest

VGK has the schedule edge (+2.2 pts net win probability): min backup likely (52%), backup likely (52%).

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Minnesota Wild

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jesper Wallstedt48%
Filip Gustavsson33%
Calvin Pickard19%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 3–1 at NSH · Oct 1

L1Hartman – Trenin – Brink
7:33
L2Foligno – Foligno – McCarron
7:13
L3Coleman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
6:14
L4Kaprizov – Yurov – Shabanov
5:53
D1Spurgeon – Hughes
13:16
D2Brodin – Maatta
9:43
D3Bogosian – Hunt
7:57
PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy – Shabanov
5:28

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Vegas Golden Knights

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Carter Hart63%
Adin Hill27%
Carl Lindbom10%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 5–2 vs CHI · Sep 29

L1Karlsson – Marner – Howden
12:18
L2Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
11:01
L3Hertl – Olofsson – Connelly
8:37
L4Dowd – Gatcomb – Bowman
6:34
D1Andersson – Wotherspoon
15:38
D2Hanifin – Lauzon
15:09
D3McNabb – Theodore
14:38
PP1Stone – Hertl – Theodore – Eichel – Marner
3:31

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Game day: all games on Jan 7.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.